From: "Geo." 

"Gary Britt"  wrote in message
news:4670583f$1{at}w3.nls.net...

> WASHINGTON (AP) - Consumers brushed off rising gasoline prices and
> slumping home sales to storm the malls in May, pushing retail sales up by
> the largest amount in 16 months.
>
> The Commerce Department reported that retail sales surged by 1.4 percent
> last month, compared to April, double the increase that analysts had been
> expecting. Retail sales had fallen by 0.1 percent in April.

Wow, 1.4% of which .9% is inflation. Oh and what are retail sales exactly,
is that non-auto sales, you know, all that stuff that says "made in
China"?

Geo.

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